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00W's AIO Smorgasbord

Aquarium Profile and Equipment

What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
Mixed Reef
Total Water Volume
115
When did you start this tank?
Jun 16, 2015
What is your aquarium made of?
Glass
Aquarium Length (inches)
48
Aquarium Width (inches)
18
Aquarium Height (inches)
24
Aquarium Overflow/Drain
Drain Style (durso, herbie, etc)
Aquarium Sump
YES
Sump Water Volume
20
Aquarium Stand
Wood
Aquarium Controller
NO
Protein Skimmer
NO
Protein Skimmer Make and Model
Lifereef vs3-24
Aquarium Reactors
  1. None
Return Pump
Eheim compaction 3000
What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
  1. Powerhead
  2. Wavemaker
Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
Jebao OW 20 x2, OW10, Jebao 1300, 2 sicce small WaveMaker.
Aquarium Lighting
  1. T5 Fluorescent
  2. Natural Sunlight
Lighting Equipment List
Odyssea T5 HO fixture
Lighting PAR and Goals
Low
Dosing Equipment Detail
None
Auto Top Off or ATO
NO
Aquarium Heating and Cooling
  1. I am using a heater or heaters
Water Temperature
77
Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
Eheim 300w with ink bird controller

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters

pH Level
8.3
Specific Gravity
1.027
Nitrate or NO3
19
Phosphate or PO4
1.12
Calcium
440
Alkalinity
7
Magnesium
1300
Salt Brand
Red sea blue bucket
Trace Element Dosing
Kent essential elements

Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration

Substrate
Bare Bottom (BB)
Substrate Level
No Substrate
Live Rock
75
Live Rock Type
Unknown
Nutrient Export
  1. Protein Skimmer
  2. Filter Sock
Water Changes
YES
Water Change Details
10% every Monday

Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)

Fish List
  1. Angelfish
  2. Clownfish
  3. Surgeonfish Tang
  4. Other Predatory
Total Fish
4
Coral List
  1. Zoanthids
  2. Soft Coral
  3. Mushroom Coral
  4. Other
Total Corals
6
Invert List
  1. Anemone
  2. Snails
  3. None
Total Inverts
0
Livestock Detail
Have a trigger which is not listed.
Livestock Quarantine
  1. No Quarantine

Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)

Fish Feeding Frequency
Multiple Daily Feedings
Coral Feeding Frequency
Do Not Feed Coral Directly
Fish and Coral Feeding
  1. Flake
  2. Pellet
  3. Frozen
  4. Algae Strips
  5. Other
Auto Feeder
NO

Additional Aquarium Information

What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
Patience
I had to censor my response to this. Read the last sentence again and let your imagination run wild.
LOL! I just looked at her and rubbed my beard! 🤣 🤣
 
John, it makes me smile when I read "Rock" in your posts. Lots of good memories associated with that nickname brother. Thank you for making my day!
 
Pics or it's not real Mike
Im 2 hours from home right now and i dont think I actually have pictures of it. I figured I'd wait till it was nicer before sharing haha. I dont like how I ran the plumbing lol
 
Well, I was actually going to post something reef related but when the YT of Grant Green ended, YT decided to start a one of my favorite albums Aja from Steely Dan. So here it is much later.

I got a care package from Luis yesterday with a healthy supply of Ciprofloxin. Thanks Luis.

I went back and read a bunch of the Cipro threads and decided on a mixed approach. I made up a 100 ml batch of 10mg/ml Cipro (the more or less standard every-other-night dose) and overdosed by one ml last night to kick start it. I'm going to do every night instead of every other night but with a standard dose starting tonight.

The lights aren't up enough to see anything positive but I don't see anything that is worse. Since the trumpet, peach and plum hammers and blue torch were all looking better anyway I may not see much, if any, difference. The green hammer will be where I'm most likely to see something as it is just a little 'off'. I have zero hope for the gold Indo torch as it was already 90% gone.

I'm confident that my tank has acrobacter at the moment. In fact my thinking is that there is always some acrobactor in a tank with LPS but that it is confined. I think that the stress caused by the Indo torch getting dragged across the sand opened it up for infection that spread. Dipping isn't going to fix a tank once it starts to spread.

I'll let you know how it goes.
 
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Well, I was actually going to post something reef related but when the YT of Grant Green ended, YT decided to start a one of my favorite albums Aja from Steely Dan. So here it is much later.

I got a care package from Luis yesterday with a healthy supply of Ciprofloxin. Thanks Luis.

I went back and read a bunch of the Cipro threads and decided on a mixed approach. I made up a 100 ml batch of 10mg/ml Cipro (the more or less standard every-other-night dose) and overdosed by one ml last night to kick start it. I'm going to do every night instead of every other night but with a standard dose starting tonight.

The lights aren't up enough to see anything positive but I don't see anything that is worse. Since the trumpet, peach and plum hammers and blue torch were all looking better anyway I may not see much, if any, difference. The green hammer will be where I'm most likely to see something as it is just a little 'off'. I have zero hope for the gold Indo torch as it was already 90% gone.

I'm confident that my tank has acrobacter at the moment. In fact my thinking is that there is always some acrobactor in a tank with LPS but that it is confined. I think that the stress caused by the Indo torch getting dragged across the sand opened it up for infection that spread. Dipping isn't going to fix a tank once it starts to spread.

I'll let you know how it goes.
Good luck with your tank Tom. If you need anything, let us know
 
John, it makes me smile when I read "Rock" in your posts. Lots of good memories associated with that nickname brother. Thank you for making my day!
Man I can barely call you Keith. That nickname just sounds right for you man. I would call you this all the time. I just wanted be respectful if it was a name used by your Military brothers you served with. You help make this thread so much fun brother
 
Well, I was actually going to post something reef related but when the YT of Grant Green ended, YT decided to start a one of my favorite albums Aja from Steely Dan. So here it is much later.

I got a care package from Luis yesterday with a healthy supply of Ciprofloxin. Thanks Luis.

I went back and read a bunch of the Cipro threads and decided on a mixed approach. I made up a 100 ml batch of 10mg/ml Cipro (the more or less standard every-other-night dose) and overdosed by one ml last night to kick start it. I'm going to do every night instead of every other night but with a standard dose starting tonight.

The lights aren't up enough to see anything positive but I don't see anything that is worse. Since the trumpet, peach and plum hammers and blue torch were all looking better anyway I may not see much, if any, difference. The green hammer will be where I'm most likely to see something as it is just a little 'off'. I have zero hope for the gold Indo torch as it was already 90% gone.

I'm confident that my tank has acrobacter at the moment. In fact my thinking is that there is always some acrobactor in a tank with LPS but that it is confined. I think that the stress caused by the Indo torch getting dragged across the sand opened it up for infection that spread. Dipping isn't going to fix a tank once it starts to spread.

I'll let you know how it goes.
Please do Tom. Best of luck my friend
 
Here are the new corals. The lobo is massive! I can't believe how affordable it was. @DIYreefer came through again! My order was less than $150 and he sent me 2 freebies. (Pink caddy acropora and tyree sunset montipora). Everything is still opening, but looks beautiful.
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Here are the new corals. The lobo is massive! I can't believe how affordable it was. @DIYreefer came through again! My order was less than $150 and he sent me 2 freebies. (Pink caddy acropora and tyree sunset montipora). Everything is still opening, but looks beautiful.
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Nice haul, John! Incredible corals as always!
 
Thanks Walker. Im pretty much full now lol
That just means it's time for a tank upgrade. 😉 Why don't you start a gofundme like Kevin did, we all know how that went for him. People aren't scared of you though so I'm sure you'll get lots of donations! 😉 😉
 
Man I can barely call you Keith. That nickname just sounds right for you man. I would call you this all the time. I just wanted be respectful if it was a name used by your Military brothers you served with. You help make this thread so much fun brother
You are my brother and the Smorg is family. Feel free to call me Rock. Jill sent me a DM the other day and started it with "Hey Rock"... I felt this big smile !
 
Here are the new corals. The lobo is massive! I can't believe how affordable it was. @DIYreefer came through again! My order was less than $150 and he sent me 2 freebies. (Pink caddy acropora and tyree sunset montipora). Everything is still opening, but looks beautiful.
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The lobo is insane! The yellow on it!
 

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